Zonitis atripennis is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] Adults feed on plants from the genus Cleome, while larvae live in nests of various bee species.[4]
| Zonitis atripennis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Meloidae |
| Genus: | Zonitis |
| Species: | Z. atripennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Zonitis atripennis (Say, 1823)
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Subspecies
editThese two subspecies belong to the species Zonitis atripennis:
- Zonitis atripennis atripennis (Say, 1823)
- Zonitis atripennis terminalis Enns, 1956
References
edit- ^ "Zonitis atripennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Zonitis atripennis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Zonitis atripennis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Erickson, E. H.; Enns, W. R.; Werner, F. G. (1 September 1976). "Bionomics of the Bee-associated Meloidae (Coleoptera); Bee and Plant Hosts of Some Nearctic Meloid Beetles—a Synopsis1". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 69 (5): 959–970. doi:10.1093/aesa/69.5.959.
Further reading
edit- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
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